Here in The Good Land I made my place beside the still waters. I became a tiller of the soil, a keeper of the flocks, and a hater of pigs.

Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures in The Good Land is largely a fish out of water tale about how I eventually found my footing on a small farm in an Amish town. We are a mostly organic, somewhat self sufficient, sustainable farm in Ohio. There's action and adventure and I'll always tell you the truth about farming.

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Pigs

Thinking about raising your own bacon? Come on in and check it out... this is what I know about raising up feeder pigs on the cheap, dressing them in your yard, and then frying them up in a pan. Go meat!

What I'm feeding the pigz today.
Don't forget to grow your own fodder for the pigz. My turnip project
this year was a hit right out of the park. Turnips are a triple threat -
greens and the roots for the livestock...and yourself. Its a great
project that really pays off.

Fencing, Fencing, Fencing....

The #1 key to success for pigz is.... fencing. You have to have good fencing. Don't try and do it on the cheap - spend as much money and time that you have to keep the pigz contained.

Now that you've raised up those pigz... have a harvest! A home hog harvest to be exact! Can you butcher pigz yourself? Sure you can! Here's how:
For an exact, step by step, filled-with-pictures, guide to how to butcher a hog at home check out our wildly popular post, How to Hog Harvest - Step by Step. Be warned tho, this is a GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF BUTCHERING. With pictures and everything.

Overview of what happened.... not so many pictures:

If you just want to know what happened, how the day went, below are our posts on butchering days:

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About Me

In my previous life I was a fussy, type-a tech gal..and now.. now here I am in the flyover zone on a farm. I gave up my Big Life and I became a tiller of the soil, a keeper of the flocks, and a hater of pigs.

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